Anyways..
Geometry Challenges
Created 16 years ago2008-01-07 20:44:51 UTC by
Captain Terror
Created 16 years ago2008-01-07 20:44:51 UTC by
Captain Terror
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-06 13:55:49 UTC
Post #250983
Download link? NOPE.. remember, I lost everything... EVERYTHING! Everytime I think about it, I get pissed off. its 1 damn cd! Fuck why can't I find it! Anyways..
Anyways..
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-06 14:03:31 UTC
Post #250985
That truly blows.
Remake it! when i've lost stuff in the past, i found remaking it i made it 10-times better and much more efficiently. Oh well i look forward to seeing your fancy brushwork in future challenges1
Remake it! when i've lost stuff in the past, i found remaking it i made it 10-times better and much more efficiently. Oh well i look forward to seeing your fancy brushwork in future challenges1
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Posted 16 years ago2008-06-11 22:45:15 UTC
Post #251152
Well i'm off on vaction for a week or so, and I'm not certain if i'll have internets, so i'm guna submit my entry now:
d0g from HL2
Tetsu0 you better finish you cock! = )
d0g from HL2
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-12 09:04:32 UTC
Post #251173
I've got about a third of a houndeye finished. I'd probably have it done by now, but I've been asleep for most of the past week.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-12 10:31:57 UTC
Post #251179
can we vote now?
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-13 18:28:34 UTC
Post #251217
I'm uploading my Houndeye now. I'd have it earlier but my brother's been whoring the wireless modem for the day.
EDIT
Here it is http://twhl.co.za/vault.php?map=5092
EDIT
Here it is http://twhl.co.za/vault.php?map=5092
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-13 18:43:39 UTC
Post #251218
Very nice! Its going to be hard to judge both your Houndeye and Captain Terrors Dog.
COMPO ENDS TODAY!
Tetsu0, can you finish in time or do you wish for an extention?
COMPO ENDS TODAY!
Tetsu0, can you finish in time or do you wish for an extention?
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-14 10:57:44 UTC
Post #251228
well i'm working on the SMG right now. The hands took freaking FOREVER.
I believe i can upload in a few hours. The hard part is done and the SMG construction should go by quite nicely.
Sorry i've been hung up on band stuff.
BUT not to fear, i'll have it in.
wait i thought it ended today, not yesterday :-/
edit
ahh the timezone thing is messing me up. According to my thingy muss posted "it ends today"
yesterday whatever. It's 11:00 am here
I believe i can upload in a few hours. The hard part is done and the SMG construction should go by quite nicely.
Sorry i've been hung up on band stuff.
BUT not to fear, i'll have it in.
wait i thought it ended today, not yesterday :-/
edit
ahh the timezone thing is messing me up. According to my thingy muss posted "it ends today"
yesterday whatever. It's 11:00 am here
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-14 11:07:12 UTC
Post #251229
Timezones make me dizzy.
If you can get your entry done within the next 24 hours, ill close the compo.
If you can get your entry done within the next 24 hours, ill close the compo.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-14 15:08:55 UTC
Post #251230
it will be. i have 5 hours. and i'm working at a fast, steady pace.
EDIT
ok so 4 hours. sue me.
It's incomplete, and i just lost patience with it.
This is the scaled version. Everything is in one unit grid.
http://brettpcg.googlepages.com/tetsu0_grunt.zip
enjoy
EDIT
ok so 4 hours. sue me.
It's incomplete, and i just lost patience with it.
This is the scaled version. Everything is in one unit grid.
http://brettpcg.googlepages.com/tetsu0_grunt.zip
enjoy
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-14 15:38:08 UTC
Post #251239
Roger that.
The compo is now closed. Unless someone else is still working on it, let me know fast.
Results coming soon.
The compo is now closed. Unless someone else is still working on it, let me know fast.
Results coming soon.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-15 12:37:04 UTC
Post #251276
Hey captain. Don't call me a cock. I'm NOT a rooster.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 17:48:14 UTC
Post #251590
Cock rooster cock cock! = )
I took a gander at your Grunt's architecture... wow, you did that all by hand? Plus the whole of the thing is hollow? All this done without hlfix is quite impressive.
I only wish you would group part of your brushworks so it would be a little easier to get my head around your design method, but i can't really complain since you were nice enough to include the .rmf! Good work!
TJB: Stunning brushwork and texturing make that thing look like a carbon copy of the model! I would kill everyone on this forum to know how you textured that thing so seamlessly! = D
Muzz/all: are we voting for this one like the others, or is MuzzleFlash acting as juror?
I took a gander at your Grunt's architecture... wow, you did that all by hand? Plus the whole of the thing is hollow? All this done without hlfix is quite impressive.
I only wish you would group part of your brushworks so it would be a little easier to get my head around your design method, but i can't really complain since you were nice enough to include the .rmf! Good work!
TJB: Stunning brushwork and texturing make that thing look like a carbon copy of the model! I would kill everyone on this forum to know how you textured that thing so seamlessly! = D
Muzz/all: are we voting for this one like the others, or is MuzzleFlash acting as juror?
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 17:56:11 UTC
Post #251592
I am the judge!
And its really hard...
And its really hard...
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 18:14:10 UTC
Post #251593
Well.. i had them all visgrouped.. then i got lazy and hit the hide all button while i was doing the hands.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 18:25:31 UTC
Post #251594
Haha poor Muzz. = )
Geometry Challenge #9 entires (recap):
Combine Heli by Unbreakable
Headcrab by Half-Life Genius.
Human_Grunt by Tetsu0
D0g by Captain Terror
Houndeye by TJB
Thank you to everyone who joined this time around and good luck!
Geometry Challenge #9 entires (recap):
Combine Heli by Unbreakable
Headcrab by Half-Life Genius.
Human_Grunt by Tetsu0
D0g by Captain Terror
Houndeye by TJB
Thank you to everyone who joined this time around and good luck!
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Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 18:28:15 UTC
Post #251595
Wish i textured mine more. lmao.
Just got mad at the end.
Just got mad at the end.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 18:54:26 UTC
Post #251596
It's a very difficult way to build something, albeit very clean building everything from on-vertex triangles like that. It's awing that you would do that, and i can surely feel your frustration.
I don't even care about having stuff on vertex anymore (to an extent), or even errors, as long as there are no errors using alt-p and no visible glitch errors in the game.
Hence, i now opt for the much easier road of rampant rotations, scaling (using alt-e), questionable vertex manipulations using prexisting blocks and triangles made from tetrahedrons (and plain cylinders actually), and TONS of intersecting brushes. (all of this would hard to pull off without HLFix i might add, which slaps together edges flush that the ordinary compile would never do.
Some nicer textures plus a bigger map to appreciate the grunt would have been nice fo sho though, but that thing would be pretty hard to texture (at least for me it would!) Maybe TJB can give some texturing hints?! = )
I don't even care about having stuff on vertex anymore (to an extent), or even errors, as long as there are no errors using alt-p and no visible glitch errors in the game.
Hence, i now opt for the much easier road of rampant rotations, scaling (using alt-e), questionable vertex manipulations using prexisting blocks and triangles made from tetrahedrons (and plain cylinders actually), and TONS of intersecting brushes. (all of this would hard to pull off without HLFix i might add, which slaps together edges flush that the ordinary compile would never do.
Some nicer textures plus a bigger map to appreciate the grunt would have been nice fo sho though, but that thing would be pretty hard to texture (at least for me it would!) Maybe TJB can give some texturing hints?! = )
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-19 19:35:00 UTC
Post #251597
Well i extracted the original textures, but i just didn't implement them
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-23 13:54:57 UTC
Post #251784
It shouldn't be too hard to work out my texturing methods, provided that you know how to use Vertex Manipulation, and what the 'world' and 'face' boxes in the texture window do. =)
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-29 09:43:25 UTC
Post #251952
Ok.
Final score:
1: Dog by Captain Terror
2: Houndeye by TJB
3: Human_Grunt by Tetsu0
4: Combine Heli by Unbreakable
5: Headcrab by Half-Life Genius.
So congrats to Captain Terror! You're next.
Sorry to those who didn't win. Maybe next compo.
Final score:
1: Dog by Captain Terror
2: Houndeye by TJB
3: Human_Grunt by Tetsu0
4: Combine Heli by Unbreakable
5: Headcrab by Half-Life Genius.
So congrats to Captain Terror! You're next.
Sorry to those who didn't win. Maybe next compo.
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-30 02:44:18 UTC
Post #251969
When's the next one?
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-30 03:18:18 UTC
Post #251970
Just wondering.. are the geometry challenges open to Source?
(Of course without the use of displacements)
(Of course without the use of displacements)
Posted 16 years ago2008-06-30 06:47:33 UTC
Post #251978
I think the category where this thread is put answers your question.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 17:06:37 UTC
Post #252016
Yay I'm winnar! I'll try to think of a new geometry challenge and put it up soon. Muzz if you i'd love to read your comments on the entrys if you have any, plus i'm sure everyone else would too. Thanks to Muzz for the idea and everyone who participated, making it a fun geometry challenge! = )
Daubster: Haha awesome+thanky! it's going in my profile right now!
Just wondering.. are the geometry challenges open to Source?In the past i would say no, because i've heard it's far less challenging to produce error free brushwork in source, but now i say it's ok for Source mappers to enter, but i'd like everyone voting for a winner to keep one thing in mind: HL1 Goldsource entrants should recieve a bit of a handicap when your deciding which entry is your favourite. Plus, i guess people who don't have Source--like me--can use Crafty to view the entries, or just judge from screens/video provided by the entrant.[/wall-o-text]
Daubster: Haha awesome+thanky! it's going in my profile right now!
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 17:07:11 UTC
Post #252019
I don't really like writing reviews, takes too much time, plus, im just not really good at it.
But in a nuttshell:
Captain Terror's map could use a little more variation on the room itself. Using a sign texture to decorate the entire room is just plain weird. At least go for somekind of metal, concrete or fifties look, not a staircase sign texture!
Tetsu0's big ass human grunt could use some better texturing. I know its hard to texture surfaces like that, but still, its not an imposible task.
Ok thats enough reviewing for today. I have to relook at the other entries.
But in a nuttshell:
Captain Terror's map could use a little more variation on the room itself. Using a sign texture to decorate the entire room is just plain weird. At least go for somekind of metal, concrete or fifties look, not a staircase sign texture!
Tetsu0's big ass human grunt could use some better texturing. I know its hard to texture surfaces like that, but still, its not an imposible task.
Ok thats enough reviewing for today. I have to relook at the other entries.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 17:56:11 UTC
Post #252023
because i've heard it's far less challenging to produce error free brushwork in sourceUntrue, the brushwork works exactly the same as HL1 aside from the textures that decorate them; but textures aren't what "geometry challenges" are concerned with.
That, and you can make 'more' brushwork than HL1, but no geometry challenge i've seen so far has needed anything more than HL1 limited brushwork in the first place.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 17:57:47 UTC
Post #252024
Well then i stand corrected, so you mean you get all the same "leaf saw" and "coplanar plane" errors that you get making objects in Source? If this is the case than i guess no Handicap is necessary or it's simply up to the that person voting. Regardless:
Source Entries are now aloud in the Geometry Challenges.
Cheers to any Hammer 4 mappers who decide to join in, and i apologize for wrongly excluding you in the past!!
Source Entries are now aloud in the Geometry Challenges.
Cheers to any Hammer 4 mappers who decide to join in, and i apologize for wrongly excluding you in the past!!
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Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 18:08:19 UTC
Post #252025
Woot :>
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-01 19:26:46 UTC
Post #252026
Geometry Challenge #10 - Build a Robot!
From recent work on d0g and after just seeing WALL-E at
the theatres, my choice for the next challenge is clear:
Build a Robot.
You can recreate Wall-E or any robot you want, or even
better: Design/build one your own.
Rules:
-Challenge leaders can always enter the contest if they choose
to. I'm not sure if i'll enter or not, so the winnar will
be chosen by group voting in this thread when there are no
more entries.
-The challenge will last as long as we want it to.
-As always, winners choose the next challenge unless they defer.
-As previously stated: Source Entries are now allowed and accepted.
Good luck and have fun! = )
From recent work on d0g and after just seeing WALL-E at
the theatres, my choice for the next challenge is clear:
Build a Robot.
You can recreate Wall-E or any robot you want, or even
better: Design/build one your own.
Rules:
-Challenge leaders can always enter the contest if they choose
to. I'm not sure if i'll enter or not, so the winnar will
be chosen by group voting in this thread when there are no
more entries.
-The challenge will last as long as we want it to.
-As always, winners choose the next challenge unless they defer.
-As previously stated: Source Entries are now allowed and accepted.
Good luck and have fun! = )
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-03 09:57:30 UTC
Post #252081
Would there be plus points for posture?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-03 13:42:47 UTC
Post #252082
Um, yes? = )
Anybody in for this one?
We can do something else if you guys want. I must admit after 9 geometry challenges it's becoming hard to think of new, different ideas imo. So if you have a fresh idea, speak up!
Anybody in for this one?
We can do something else if you guys want. I must admit after 9 geometry challenges it's becoming hard to think of new, different ideas imo. So if you have a fresh idea, speak up!
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-03 15:24:14 UTC
Post #252084
How about this:
Google a random photograph, and remake it in Hammer as accurately as possible.
Google a random photograph, and remake it in Hammer as accurately as possible.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-03 15:29:31 UTC
Post #252085
you mean like stained glass, or like a map-from-photo competition?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-03 15:54:04 UTC
Post #252086
my god, its as though I did all of these already..
(me goes on a photo hunt)
Edit:
Here it is guys..
Still uploaded.. woot, its my entry.
http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/robot-half-life/
AH dammit, I did give him permission, so he does have it, it must be in his archive.
(me goes on a photo hunt)
Edit:
Here it is guys..
Still uploaded.. woot, its my entry.
http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/robot-half-life/
AH dammit, I did give him permission, so he does have it, it must be in his archive.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-04 12:55:31 UTC
Post #252104
wait wait wait , if the Robot can be animated , it's clearly that source mappers can make more advanced robots . ( and even AI controled robots , I don't know if this is possible in hammer , but in Garry's MOd is possible ..... but ummmm .... I think this is an entity challenge ) .
Anyway ... robot ? Too classic .
) .Anyway ... robot ? Too classic .
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-04 16:00:50 UTC
Post #252109
if i have time, i'm in
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-04 17:48:41 UTC
Post #252115
Me too
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-04 18:03:36 UTC
Post #252116
yay! = )
do you think it would be fun if we all had to build the same robot? if so, which robot would be the best?
do you think it would be fun if we all had to build the same robot? if so, which robot would be the best?
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-04 21:28:28 UTC
Post #252127
well if you want the judging to be easier pick a robot. If not then let us make different robots
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-05 13:31:01 UTC
Post #252144
Ok how about this?
Everyone must make a WALL-E from the movie.
It's not hard to make this. As a bonus if you want to, you can submit something a bit harder to go along with the WALL-E robot, like a Terminator Exoskeleton, Matrix Sentinel, etc... or, your own! = )
Everyone must make a WALL-E from the movie.
It's not hard to make this. As a bonus if you want to, you can submit something a bit harder to go along with the WALL-E robot, like a Terminator Exoskeleton, Matrix Sentinel, etc... or, your own! = )
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-05 22:41:51 UTC
Post #252150
Several Wall-E's coming right up. Fresh and hot.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-07 09:56:50 UTC
Post #252180
I don't find wally attractive...
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-07 10:47:08 UTC
Post #252181
he's a mobile trash compacter. what's not to love
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-08 19:13:01 UTC
Post #252265
I'd go with Muzz's idea, only we'd all have to recreate the same picture.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-13 21:18:17 UTC
Post #252369
How bout let's go with Muzz's idea if we don't get any WALL-Es soon? I'm going to try to do my little trash compactor tonight before work.
And for the recreate from picture idea, it sounds very cool. it would be awesome to see how different people interpreted the same pic. It might also be cool to make a stained-glass representation of a pic, but it would be a totally 2 dimensional thing. [/hijack]
[b]EDIT: I've been busy with work and've barely time to check the internets for anything! Hopefully we'll slow down soon and I can get back to mapping!
And for the recreate from picture idea, it sounds very cool. it would be awesome to see how different people interpreted the same pic. It might also be cool to make a stained-glass representation of a pic, but it would be a totally 2 dimensional thing. [/hijack]
[b]EDIT: I've been busy with work and've barely time to check the internets for anything! Hopefully we'll slow down soon and I can get back to mapping!
)[/b]
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 00:14:26 UTC
Post #252481
/confession: i haven't opened hammer in about 3 weeks.
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-14 06:06:08 UTC
Post #252482
stained-glassI happen to have a stained-glass wad.
And, when you use custom color shadows, it'll look really great. Almost like real stained glass.
Get it here: http://themightyatom.nl/hldownloads/stained_glass.zip
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-22 18:27:20 UTC
Post #252863
Hey, what do you guys think about recreating this door in hammer 3.x or 4 (source) as the next geometry challenge instead of building a robot:
?
Read Kissker's thread for more information on how the door works. The bonus would be making the door function like the original, using trains, renders, and/or whatever you have to do to make it work.
Any takers? = )
Read Kissker's thread for more information on how the door works. The bonus would be making the door function like the original, using trains, renders, and/or whatever you have to do to make it work.
Any takers? = )
Posted 16 years ago2008-07-22 18:40:18 UTC
Post #252865
I don't know that game so i don't know how that door moves.
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